Russian missile strikes destroyed Vinnytsia airport on Sunday. 200 km southwest of Kiev, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky announced.
“I have just been informed of missile attacks on Vinnytsia”, a city of about 370,000 inhabitantsZelensky declared on the Telegram network.
“The airport was completely destroyed“, he added.
Zelensky also criticized Western countries for their refusal to impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine and not deliver fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force.
“We repeat it every day: close the airspace of Ukraine, close it to russian missiles, to the Russian warplanes, to all these terrorists,” the president said.
“We are human and it is their humanitarian duty to protect us”, he continued.
“If they don’t, if they don’t give us planes to protect us, we can only draw one conclusion:You also want us to be killed slowly!”denounced.